Method of obtaining uranium from oxide using a chloride process
US5164050A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 3, 1990 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC22B60/0286
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of obtaining uranium metal from an oxidized uranium compound, characterized in that the oxidized compound is treated with chlorine and carbon at a first stage, to obtain a chloride which is reduced by electrolysis or metallothermy using a reducing metal at a second stage.
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